US Customs

US customs officials are scrambling to find a workable solution to the sudden suspension of the exemption for de minimis goods from China.

President Trump has revoked Chinese shippers’ access to the exemption, permitting items valued at less than $800 into the ...

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  • Marc Greenberg

    February 07, 2025 at 4:35 pm

    Chinese shippers need to change their supply chain to ship bulk shipments to the USA and file formal entries like the rest of the trade. As is now all Chinese goods using the de minimis entry process take forever to receive as a consumer anyway – this may put Chinese firms in line with Amazon who imports, and warehouses here in the US so that they can compete on last mile delivery. May be a good thing for the logistics industry unless you were handling Temu or Shein style shippers. Not good for Amazon…..